Oxjam Bedford Festival

Oxjam Bedford Festival is a multi-venue music festival happening here in Bedford, raising money on behalf of Oxfam, who are celebrating their 75th year in bringing water solutions and vital aid to some of the world’s poorest communities.

Tickets: a multi-venue wristband is £10 to purchase in advance – available from wegottickets.com, Bedford Esquires and Slide Record Shop – or £12 on the door(s) on the day of the event.

All proceeds go directly to Oxfam’s work.

Bedford Esquires – 60A Bromham road
Main Stage – Open from 5pm – £5 entry (without wristband)
easydread/ Ashley Falls / Black Atlas / The Radio Decade / Dialekt /Between The Lines /False Idol

Esquires Holy Molys – Open from 5pm – £5 entry (without wristband)
Hulkenburg/ Fishwife’s Broadside/ Dois Padres / Sunsinger & the High Seas/ Billy Nomad & The Common Army/ The HomeGrown / Rafiki & Draize + Slippy Skills

Esquires Bar – Open from 4pm – FREE ENTRY
Midnight jam session / The Burke brothers / Charity Raffle / Alt.Cover / Delsyn Drive / The A Band / Lost 4 Words / Kat James/ Gaylips / May Contain Nutz/ The Living it up DJs

The Three Cups – 45 Newnham street – Open from 11am – FREE ENTRY
Gwinny / Tristan Nelson / Benjamin Kelly / Billy Hayes / James Cooper / Sparky TKO / Rob Veryard / Liam Rowlands / Domenico Borromeo / Thrash Gordon / C2

The Ent Shed (Gordon Arms) – 118 Castle Road – Open from 12Midday – £5 entry (without wristband)
MarisaJack&Davy/ Painted Lady / The Other Band / Living It Up Performing Arts Centre Band /Flamin’ Wet Gurus

Club Vertex – 2 Lurke Street – Open from 2pm – £5 entry (without wristband)
Kerry Jo Hodgkin / Ishod Blac / Mikyla Cara Music / Volker Patent / Kam Singh-Music /Shaun Clark / indi and The Vegas / Iseefourfingers / Michael Green

Raffle / Halloween themed fancy dress competition at Bedford Esquires (£1 to enter / £1 per strip)

Children (under 16s) are welcome up until 9pm (with supervision), and we will request a cash donation upon entry (with the exception of Club Vertex which is 18+)

Please message us (through the page) if you’d like to volunteer for our event